Example:Original version: "By undermining institutional standards for assigning grades and awarding degrees, student plagiarism also becomes a matter of significance to the public. When graduates' skills and knowledge fail to match their grades, an institution's reputation is damaged. For example, no one would choose to be treated by a physician who obtained a medical degree by fraud" (MLA 53). Plagiarized version: Students who cheat are significant to the public because a school's reputation is damaged when students have good grades but cannot perform basic skills. No one wants a doctor who cheated on his/her medical exams. The plagiarized version is too much like the original wording, and no citation is given to credit the source. Possible Penalties:
0
Fail course
Note on record
Tips-Don't:
Copy & paste
Cite "common knowledge" (George Washington was the first President of the U.S.)
Procrastinate - keep up with all steps of the research process as they are assigned
Do:
Your own work
Give credit when you use someone else's work or ideas
Take notes on what you find & where you find it
Use Turnitin to detect & correct any plagiarism
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Example:Original version: "By undermining institutional standards for assigning grades and awarding degrees, student plagiarism also becomes a matter of significance to the public. When graduates' skills and knowledge fail to match their grades, an institution's reputation is damaged. For example, no one would choose to be treated by a physician who obtained a medical degree by fraud" (MLA 53).
Plagiarized version: Students who cheat are significant to the public because a school's reputation is damaged when students have good grades but cannot perform basic skills. No one wants a doctor who cheated on his/her medical exams.
The plagiarized version is too much like the original wording, and no citation is given to credit the source.
Possible Penalties:
Tips-Don't:
- Copy & paste
- Cite "common knowledge" (George Washington was the first President of the U.S.)
- Procrastinate - keep up with all steps of the research process as they are assigned
Do:Turnitin Plagiarism Detection & PreventionGH subscribes to Turnitin, the global leaderin plagiarism prevention and online grading.
Click HERE for Instructor and Student Training or ask for help in the Media Center. Teachers need to contact Ms. Addison in the Media Center if they have not logged in previously. Students need to obtain their class id and password from their teacher before they can submit a draft or a paper.